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A 37-year-old Coroglen man will appear in the Hamilton District Court today on charges relating to an incident which isolated the town last night. He has been charged with presenting a firearm and restricted weapon. Police were called to the town late yesterday afternoon after reports of a man being sighted with a firearm at […]
Update 1 April 2026 People are urged to drive with caution if travelling to or from the Coromandel for the Easter period and expect temporary traffic management or temporary speed limits in some places. Plan ahead, and check www.cfm.co.nz/roads, www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz and tcdc.govt.nz/roads for the latest information on road conditions across the Coromandel Peninsula before heading […]
By John Grant— Saturday 28 March 2026 A post circulating on a Whitianga Facebook page today raises serious concerns about New Zealand’s fuel supply and questions whether the Government is being straight with the public. Those are fair questions. But the post answers them with alarm rather than facts, so here is what the data […]
Recognition tomorrow night for 20 years of the Mercury Bay Art Escape with its 2026 launch at Hot Water Beach. A sold out opening event will celebrate the anniversary and see a two weeks of art focus from Whangapoua to Pauanui. One of the organisers and an artist herself, Sally Samins, said every year numbers […]
For the first time in 30 years deer have been sited on the southern Coromandel Peninsula, now assistance is being called for to eradicate the animals. The most recent sightings were in the Nevesville area south of the Kopu-Hikuai Road, and Golden Cross north of Waihi. The numbers or sizes of herds remain unknown, the […]
Another benefit from the number of events happening across the region this month, outside of the business created through the visitor impact, is the opportunity for future event marketing and development. Destination Hauraki Coromandel General Manager, Kylie Hawker-Green, said it was shaping up to be quite a spectacular March. And she is hoping things wont […]
On the back of a pass mark for its impact over the summer holiday period, the Safer Coromandel promotion is now going into new territory. A recent review of the initiative, which has been around since 2011 after 13 people tragically lost their lives over a single holiday season, has Thames Coromandel Emergency Management Controller, […]
Facing what are being described as unique situations, the Department of Conservation is now implementing Trigger Action Response Plans when dealing with the impact of storm events on key Coromandel Peninsula visitor locations. The region’s Operations Manager, Nick Kelly, has outlined to CFM the steps taken to restrict access to the likes of Cathedral Cove. […]
Acknowledgement of CFM’s coverage around last month’s storm in Parliament this week from the Under Secretary of Radio and Regions, Jenny Marcroft. The Under Secretary in her speech stressed the importance of the information and updates which CFM provided to its listeners as the severe rain storm passed over the region. She also mentioned the […]
Here in the sunny Coromandel, Pāmu Rā ki Whitianga is now up and running. It quietly turns all that sunshine into clean electricity for the local area and beyond. Lodestone Energy built the solar farm on the edge of Whitianga, right beside the Whangamaroro River. The land used to be a dairy farm that often […]
